Crime Quote by Desmond Tutu

There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.

— Desmond Tutu

Restorative justice is not a replacement of retributive justice, but a complement. It seeks the rehabilitation of the wrongdoer and the repair of the…

— Lewis B. Smedes

We seek a restorative justice, not a retributive justice.

— Desmond Tutu

Justice is a word that resides in the dictionary. It occasionally makes its escape, but is promptly caught and put back where it belongs.

— Jack Black

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

— Epicurus

There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African underTutustanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish…

— Desmond Tutu

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

— Thomas Aquinas

Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Doing justice” meant not only “not doing wrong,” but also actively doing right and restoring what is broken.”

— Jessica Nicholas

Retributive justice did not arise from any Christian principle; almost every pre-Christian society dealt with wrongdoers by causing them pain.

— Lewis B. Smedes

“retribution noun ret·ri·bu·tion \ˌre-trə-ˈbyü-shən\ Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.  ”

— Sloane Kennedy

Justice is the sanction of established injustice.

— Anatole France